Rig Veda · 1.117.12

Rig Veda 1.117.12 — Aśvins

Verse 12 of 25 from Sukta 1.117 (Aśvins) in Mandala 1 of the Rig Veda.

Rig Veda 1.117.12

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

कुह यान्ता सुष्टुतिं काव्यस्य दिवो नपाता वर्षणा शयुत्रा | हिरण्यस्येव कलशं निखातमुदूपथुर्दशमे अश्विनाहन

IAST Romanisation

kuha yāntā suṣṭutiṃ kāvyasya divo napātā vṛṣaṇā śayutrā | hiraṇyasyeva kalaśaṃ nikhātamudūpathurdaśame aśvināhan

English Translation (Griffith)

Ye Sons of Heaven, ye Mighty, whither went ye, sought ye, for his fair praise the home of Kāvya. When, like a pitcher full of gold, O Aśvins, on the tenth day ye lifted up the buried?

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